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Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

Name: Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80
Uploaded: 2020-07-18T15:55:42-07:00
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 80. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that […]

By: NBC Palm Springs

July 18, 2020

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